So Today I Was Just Thinking. . .

That I am feeling a tad bit like Jack Skellington, and finding the whole thing vaguely annoying. You know the whole "wanting something you can't quite articulate," thing? Or maybe I feel like Sally. Yes, that's quite possible. Oh, to heck with Nightmare Before Christmas comparisons. Let's have some good old fashioned, light, crisp, and refreshing Phantom comparisons. And today's question is. . .

Which Erik Are You?

Kat - Kay Erik in Persia/Leroux Erik. That's me. A sort of sardonic, sarcastic, childish, funny, if I do say so myself, and weird personage. Also, I take the same delight in shocking people as Kay Erik. People such as Nosy Nadir Like Figures. Like Leroux Erik, I love to mock and puzzle people. And puzzling people. People such as resident Monsieur Girys. I'd have to say I'm most like Erik during his times in Rome and Persia. Mostly because, well, because, I have a corresponding Luciana, only they're much nicer than Luciana, and Luciana is from the days in Rome. (Luciana was Erik's crush. Fine, now I've humiliated myself. I hope you enjoyed it.) And Persia, because, well, that's just me. Shocking, funny, a bit morbid, to the point, merciless. Yay. There's also my tendency to speak in third person, like Leroux Erik, and the fact that I share Leroux Erik's extreme hyperness. Wow, that was stereotypical.

Ely - PoP Erik. Yes, you read that right. PoP is an acronym for the disaster of a movie "Phantom of Paradise," which was made in the 80s. This Erik is an outcast of a rock musician. He doesn't wear a mask, weirdly enough. He wears a Viking Helmet. This is all very weird, no? Well, PoP makes me think of Ely just because it's so physcedelic and colorful and all that good stuffs. Plus, it's bizarre. Really bizarre.

Erika - Robert Englund Erik. RE Erik is the evilest and goriest Phantom. He's truly scary. His mask is made of human skin, so he usually looks like a slightly stiff normal man. Then you rip it off and. . .yeah. Well, RE Erik is also notorious for these really brilliant boots he's got. And he makes a lot of smart remarks. And he has some great villian lines. One of my favorites ever is "What is behind us?" "Only the DARK!" Then he punjabs him. Yay for RE Erik. I don't recommend this movie if you have an aversion to gore, because of RE Erik's methods to maintain his mask. Well, my friends, all that human skin has got to come from somewhere. I don't love gore myself, but you know, I just sort of had to see this movie. All the other phans love it.

Gabe and Brossy - Little Kid Kay Erik. Erik was so cute when he was little! Not that these terrible two make up for it, but that's not the point. As a child, Erik was just a mini adult, and these two, especially Brossy, always give me that impression. Gabe, of course, would represent the softer side of Erik's personality. You know, Erik used to sleep with his dog, Sasha, because his mother hated him? Sad story. Eh. Well, yes. Gabe and Brossy are Little Erik.

Max - Gerik. Or, Gerard Butler Erik. Okay, now that Ben has stopped laughing - I know you are - we'll continue. Max reminds me of Gerik because he's (a) the most "humanlike" Erik, and (b) a hopeless romantic. And well. . .Yeah. Max is definitely Gerik. Can't you just see him doing PoNR with. . .um. . .(stealing a pairing idea from a certain person) Mickey? Don't kill me, Max. I can also see him doing MotN with a very confused looking David. Just because. (Damn the no-slash rule to hell. That would take the fun out of it, considering almost all of our gang are boys.) Also, neither Gerry nor Max can sing. It works. And if anyone says I dislike Gerik - I actually really do like the Gerry. He's a guilty pleasure, I'll admit.

Ben - Micheal Crawford Erik/Susan Kay Classic Erik. I was trawling through old comments today, pondering over which Erik Ben might be, and discovered one of the many incidents of maniacal laughter by our dear Ghost Host. So of course, I think, "Maniacal laughter. Micheal Crawford!" Because Crawford has the best maniacal laugh ever in the history of men, women, children, and rabbits. At first I thought Kay Erik, but I get Kay Erik, so hah. No - WAIT! (Goes back, changes something.) Okay, so I'm Susan Kay Persia Erik and Ben is Susan Kay Classic Erik. We sound like two different models of some sort of action figure or something. Oh, that's an idea. . .Phantom action figures. Hm, I'm not off subject at all. . .Well, to get back to the point, Crawford Erik's sense of humor reminds me so much of Ben. I can just see him sneaking behind a backdrop and having his sillouhette scare ballet girls. Come on, can't we all?

SP - Claude Raines Erik. You've probably heard me talk about the plot of this movie. But actually, the movie in itself is quite good, and I believe I chose this Erik as he is the most parental Erik, and well. . .Actually, in the end of the movie, (Spoiler alert.) Erik is discovered to be Christine's father. Which really puts a whole lot of disturbing connotation on the whole movie. But really now, CR Erik is a sweet person. He was an eccentric violinist at the Opera until he was fired by some jerk of a manager - Andre and Firmin, you die now - and went insane, and had acid thrown in his face. . .and well, yeah. You get the idea. You'd sort of have to see the movie to see why it reminds me of the SP. It just. . .sort of. . .does. That was articulate.

Noticed that this blog isn't even remotely about what I actually did today? No, because that gets a post all to itself, because it's just special like that.

I remain, gentlemen, your faithful and obedient servant,

J.G.